The Athletic FC Podcast

A big, big week ahead as England face Germany in the last 16 of EURO 2020 at Wembley on Tuesday and on today’s pod, host Dan Bardell is joined by The Athletic's Oli Kay, Jack Pitt-Brooke & Dan Sheldon to take you inside the training base Gareth’s Southgate's team are using to prepare for their last 16 tie. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Chapman is joined by David Preece coach and former professional goalkeeper turned journalist, The Athletic’s Jack Pitt-Brooke and also Ben Lyttleton, author of “Twelve Yards”, the definitive study of the “art and psychology of the perfect penalty kick, to explore the analytics, psychology, triumphs and tragedies of England and penalty shootouts at major tournaments. Hosted on Acast. See acast...

Dan Bardell reunites the Sunday night England Show podcast team of Flo Lloyd-Hughes and Carl Anka to review another 1-0 win for England. Gareth Southgate's side finished top of Group D with seven points and three clean sheets. Jordan Henderson and Harry Maguire got valuable match minutes, and surprise starter Bukayo Saka gave an excellent performance. Yet, there were still moans. It wasn't the mos...

Mark Chapman is joined by David Preece, Lynsey Hooper & The Athletic's Jack Pitt-Brooke to look ahead to England's final group game of EURO 2020 against the Czech Republic. The Athletic’s data analyst Mark Carey breaks down exactly how and why Harry Kane is struggling with England with some of the numbers he dug up in his piece on The Athletic with Alan Shearer. We also get the lowdown on Engl...

Host Dan Bardell is joined by David Preece & The Athletic's Jack Pitt Brooke to discuss a disappointing draw for England against Scotland at EURO 2020 and give their views on what Gareth Southgate should do next with the team for the final group game against the Czech Republic What went wrong? Why was there no impact from Harry Kane & is it time start Jack Grealish? Hosted on Acast. See ac...

Mark Chapman is joined by Lynsey Hooper & The Athletic's David Ornstein & Jack Pitt-Brooke to look ahead to England v Scotland at Euro 2020. The panel discuss the possibility of Harry Maguire returning from injury and Jack outlines his article on The Athletic about the relationship between Raheem Sterling & Gareth Southgate. The Athletic's Football Analytics writer Tom Worville drops i...

Host Dan Bardell is joined by The Athletic's Dominic Fifiled, Jordan Campbell & Kieran Devlin to look at the tactical & personnel changes Scotland could make when they face England at Wembley on Friday at EURO 2020. The panel also discuss what the game means to both nations on and off the field from a cultural and political point of view. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf...

Dan Bardell hosts the latest edition of The Athletic's England Show with our panel of Jack Pitt-Brooke, Flo Lloyd-Hughes, and David Preece answering questions from subscribers. We'll give you our educated opinions on whether Harry Kane was off-colour in the Croatia game, whether Gareth Southgate will rotate his line-up for any of the remaining group games, and when Dan will get to see Jack Grealis...

Host Mark Chapman is joined by Dan Bardell plus the Athletic's George Caulkin & Oli Kay to look back on England v Scotland at Euro 96 with exclusive interviews with key players including Alan Shearer, Paul Ince & Paul Gascoigne. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Host Dan Bardell is joined by Lynsey Hooper, plus The Athletic’s Ed Malyon & Carl Anka bringing you reaction to England getting off to a great start at EURO 2020 by beating Croatia 1-0 at Wembley. As debate before kick-off surrounded team selection, the panel discuss how Gareth Southgate got things right with the selections of Kieran Trippier, Kalvin Phillips & match-winner Raheem Sterling...

Host Mark Chapman is joined by Flo Lloyd Hughes, Dan Bardell & The Athletic’s England correspondent Jack Pitt-Brooke to look ahead to England’s first game of the EURO 2020 against Croatia at Wembley on Sunday. The panel discuss how far the two sides have evolved since their semi-final meeting at the 2018 World Cup and Jack shares details from his long read on The Athletic profiling England cap...

Host Mark Chapman is joined by Lynsey Hooper, The Athletic’s  David Ornstein, and our England correspondent Jack Pitt-Brooke. to debate what success will look like for England at Euro 2020. Hear how Gareth Southgate could is now under pressure to deliver for England and how Ben White could well be the solution to issues in central defence for England. We also hear from The Athletic's George Caulki...

As the current England team prepare for Euro 2020, Adam Hurrey and a panel of The Athletic's writers and editors get together to draft their greatest England teams from the past 12 tournaments, all the way back to Euro '96. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dan Bardell welcomes Florence Lloyd-Hughes and David Preece to the show for reaction to England's last warm-up fixture before the belated 2020 European Championships. It was another 1-0 win and it had plenty more in common with the Austria game as Gareth Southgate selected a side featuring mostly fringe squad players, some who won't make the final 26, but at least one who will. James Ward-Prowse w...

A bonus edition of the Business of Sport, The Athletic's Matt Slater with a boxing focus. as promoter Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing has agreed a five-year deal with streaming service DAZN to replace Sky Sports as their exclusive broadcast partner in the UK and Ireland. So coming up you’ll hear The Athletic’s Matt Slater in conversation with Eddie Hearn and also DAZN’s Co-CEO, James Rushton discus...

Host Dan Bardell is joined by Flo Lloyd-Hughes & The Athletic’s Carl Anka following a mixed evening for England in their EURO 2020 warm-up game where the big headline was Trent Alexander Arnold hobbling off with an injury that could see him miss the tournament. We hear from The Athletic's England correspondent Jack Pitt Brooke down by The Riverside to get his thoughts on Trent and other matter...

The Athletic's Jack Pitt-Brooke & Carl Anka are joined by host Dan Bardell to discuss England's final squad selected by Gareth Southgate for EURO 2020.  Why was Trent Alexander-Arnold chosen in the end following speculation that he wouldn't make the cut? How will England cope with players such as Maguire and Henderson who are not fully fit?  We also hear from The Athletic's David Ornstein who ...

Host Mark Chapman & The Athletic's Matt Slater are joined by Tracey Crouch MP, who is leading the UK government's fan-led review of English football. Tracey outlines how the panel will work and its key objectives such as structures and regulation around ownership of football clubs from the elite level to the grassroots. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Host Dan Bardell is joined by The Athletic's Jack Pitt-Brooke, Carl Anka & Oliver Kay to decide which players should make Gareth Southgate's final England squad for Euro 2020 from the provisional selection of 33. Will Trent Alexander-Arnold make the cut? Which players are unfortunate to miss out altogether? Also if Harry Maguire is not fit should England change tactics and play with a back thr...

Host Mark Chapman is joined by The Athletic’s David Ornstein, Adam Crafton and Tim Spiers to detail Nuno's exit as Wolves manager, how he was nearly sacked in January & why to those behind the scenes his departure wasn't much of a surprise. David also bring some transfer news from his column as Premier League clubs keep tabs on Norwich City's Emiliano Buendia and shares his thoughts on the fut...

Host Mark Chapman and The Athletic's football news reporter Matt Slater are joined by Lars-Christer Olsson, former UEFA CEO who shares his thoughts on the shifting landscape of European football and what he thinks could happen to the clubs still holding on to the Super League plans.  And we’ll also look at European basketball, another sport with a closed-shop proposal led by elite clubs - Tomas Va...

Host Mark Chapman is joined by The Athletic’s David Ornstein, Adam Crafton and Rob Tanner to bring the inside story of how Leicester City continues to be the envy of some the Premier League's so-called Big Six. With exclusive detail on the work done behind the scenes to win the FA Cup including how Jamie Vardy used his dogs to persuade Youri Tielemans to stay at Leicester! David also has an exclus...

Host Mark Chapman and The Athletic's football news reporter Matt Slater are joined by Kyle Krause, US owner of Italian top flight side Parma Calcio 1913. A hugely successful billionaire businessman, Kyle explains what drew him to Italy as well as the importance he places on going to games and communicating with the fans in the city of Parma. Kyle also shares his thoughts on the proposed European S...

David Ornstein is joined by The Athletic's Dom Fifield, Steve Madeley & Katie Wyatt . Coming up, Steve shares some of the exclusive detail from his deep dive on West Brom’s path to relegation and what the future might hold for Sam Allardyce. Katie will bring us the inside story of Emma Hayes as her Chelsea side sealed back-to-back Women’s Super League titles over the weekend. And we’ll continu...

Host Mark Chapman and The Athletic's football news reporter Matt Slater examine the state of the TV rights market in English football as news emerged that the English Premier League has held talks to roll over its existing £5bn broadcast deal instead of holding an auction as usual. They are joined by Shaun Harvey, former CEO of the English Football League & Paolo Pescatore - a Tech, Media &amp...